Thank you for being a friend. May 6, 2009 #987 out in the stars by Charlene Lichtenstein Venus and Mars rub-a-dub and and pack extra money for a This is especially true when it set off some flirty sparks now. taxi home... if you-know-who comes to gambling where the All is delightfully giddy until lets you in! greater the risk, the greater they square retrograde Pluto the loss. Enjoy yourself but later in the week. Is it a trip to LEO (JULY 24 - AUG. 23) In- do it cheaply. Even better, get the moon on gossamer wings creasingly blurry lines between someone else to pay for your May 6, 2009 or just one of those crazy commitments may cause extra jolly times. #987 things? Hedge your bets, just stress and exhaustion. My in case. advice is to make your priori- CAPRICORN (DEC. 23 - JAN. cover ties and stick to them. And the 20) Pink Caps may be unable ARIES (MARCH 21 - APRIL priority should be whatever to stop the increasing flow of BEATRICE 20) You think that you need eventually makes you happy, people, places and things de- ARTHUR to change to become more fulfilled and flush. manding attention. Too much 1922-2009 “acceptable” in others’ eyes. can become much too much. © 2003 Sony Pictures Why do you feel that it’s so VIRGO (AUG. 24 - SEPT. 23) Don’t worry. You find a helping Television, Inc. All Rights important to restrict yourself in Speak or act rashly and pay hand from close friends and Reserved order to be accepted by certain the price this week, queer family. Of course not without other folks? I say, let others Virgin. Refrain from your more their stern lectures. adjust to you, proud Ram. adventuresome party animal INDEX ’Nuf said! instincts. Instead of being the AQUARIUS (JAN. 21 - FEB. THAT GUY wilde jungle cat, you’ll wind 19) The cosmos suggests—no 6 TAURUS (APRIL 21 - MAY 21) up as dinner. Hey, it could be demands—that you pursue THE DJ, THE MUSIC You connect on deeper levels worse. charitable endeavors. Karma & YOU with people and discover is as karma does, the spirits 10 things that bring you to new LIBRA (SEPT. 24 - OCT. 23) say. It may seem impossible to WHAT DO YOU WANNA You can either take advice DO? levels of compassion and make your mark, but make it 12 understanding. That is until of family or stubbornly plow you will. Make it in indelible ink THE SPREAD you need to make concrete ahead and waste valuable and not in chalk, Aqueerius. 16-17 decisions. Keep your head in resources on an escapade that INTERVIEW - NORA the clouds but keep hooves may not be worth it. As you PISCES (FEB. 20 - MARCH DUNN planted firmly in reality. search for connection, don’t 20) Guppies can become 22 allow yourself to be put on dis- consumed with their own exag- INTERMISSION GEMINI (MAY 22 - JUNE 21) play and held up for auction. gerated sense of self worth 23 Will you risk alienating lovers Any bids? Lousy economy... especially when they hobnob WHERE MY BAR AT? by hanging around too much in new social circles. “Is it hot 24 with friends? There will be SCORPIO (OCT. 24 - NOV. in here or is it me?,” you think WHAT’S UP? times this week when there is 22) Proud Scorps can be led to yourself. It’s not you this 26-27 extra stress placed on certain astray at work by those who time. It’s the thermostat. Start FROM THE BOOTH sexual encounters. Wine and do not have their best interests sweating when the bill arrives. 28 dine closer to home unless you at heart. Avoid falling for any eventually want to whine and Machiavellian whisper in your (c) 2009 THE STARRY EYE, LLC., All Rights Reserved. For Entertainment dine alone. ear which can get your whole Purposes Only. thought process red hot and CANCER (JUNE 22 - JULY bothered. If you don’t take the Lichtenstein’s blog, www.thestarry- 23) Try not to burn the minute bait, you won’t get caught. eye.typepad.com covers everything new age. Her astrology book oil at work while partners “HerScopes: A Guide To Astrology For imagine all sorts of goings on. SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 23 - Lesbians” is an international sensa- Gay Crabs on the prowl might DEC. 22) Fun and games tion. Buy it and feel the vibration. have an unpleasant twist to a wind up costing much more tryst. Blame it on weak excess than expected, gay Archer. Thank you for being a friend. 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Clark St. #192, Chicago, IL 60640 773.871.7610, fax 773.871.7609 www.WindyCityMediaGroup.com [email protected] May 6, 2009 #987 DOWNload: www.WindyCityMediaGroup.com that guy by Kirk Williamson Later in the go-go decade known as the ‘80s, I became hooked on The Golden Girls. The Italian mother/daughter dynamic portrayed by Bea and the late Estelle Getty drew close comparison to my The West Side just a little very own Italian mother and more spicy with the addi- grandmother, who raised me tion of Sunday nights at jointly. Strange that I gravi- Club Studio 69. Though tated toward Maude in order the name may be a bit to escape my family and cumbersome, the cock- that I eventually would enjoy tails and partial nudity watching The Golden Girls more than tip the balance with my mother, laughing to the bright side. Just along to Bea’s acid tongue. a quick jaunt to 2366 N. I had been planning the cover Neva (Mapquest it, bitch!) of this week’s issue for years, So this past weekend, after Call 773-824-7912 to re- but I never wanted to run it. helping my boyfriend move serve a super luxe booth in to my place (and YAY for for yourself and eight of I remember, as a child of 8 me, by the way!), we hooked your sexiest compadres. or 9, sneaking up into my up his computer and checked Enjoy. grandmother’s bedroom to to see if the connection was watch Maude on channel working. One click and the 60. The show’s liberal bent terrible news was splashed was a bit too controversial across the screen. for my religious, conserva- tive household. I, on the Life (and by extension, death) other hand, craved a different is shaped by change or, more point of view and it was this specifically, one’s ability to adapt and grow in the light of desire to expand my political Come to the grand open- change. I’ve lost an inspira- outlook that first introduced ing of Andersonville’s tion to the heavens, but me to the rapier comic talents newest (and moo-est) gained a life partner to share of Beatrice Arthur. nightspot, Cattle Call. my nights. One door closes... May 15. Cowboy up and come on in! Catch my friend Scott Free at this year’s Alt Q Music Festival, Saturday, May 9 at Old Town School of Folk Music, 4544 N. Lincoln Ave. I remember when it was called Queer As Folk, which gives you an idea of how long it’s been go- ing on. This year’s entertainment includes Tret Fure, Edie Carey, Sweet Hello, Stella and the Heat Birds and Gregg Shapiro: A first-class bill if ever I’ve seen one. Do your duty Finally, some drag drop- and support local queer music and spoken word. Is that too pings on the Halsted much to ask? sidewalk. 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